Mar 9 The Fine Art of Translation 
5:00 p.m.
Mexic-Arte Museum, 419 Congress
(512) 480-9373, mexic-artemuseum.org
TWO LINES: A Journal of Translation and Mexic-Arte Museum present a special reading event highlighting the latest in great world literature. World-renowned Mexican novelist, Alberto Ruy-Sánchez, will be reading erotic haiku from his newest novel, The Secret Gardens of Mogador: Voices of the Earth. The event will also offer readings by Geoffrey Brock, translator for the great Italian novelist Umberto Eco, as well as translators who work from Spanish, Russian, Persian, Turkish, and Lithuanian. TWO LINES is the leading translation magazine in the United States. Admission is free and open to the public.
Mar 9-Apr 12 Lance Letscher: Index 
d berman gallery, 1701 Guadalupe
(512) 477-8877, dbermangallery.com
Lance Letscher "is not the only artist using cast-off books and papers, but he is one of the very few whose modernity supersedes the nostalgia of old materials without sacrificing their elegiac power. Every appropriation of derelict scraps declares a sharp contemporary wit. but in Mr. Letscher's hands, the declaration rises to a threnody for lives that left no monument, only accumulations of ephemera poised for dispersion ...An exquisite color sense and empathy with his materials create coherence among dissimilar design motifs. These are the twin axes on which Mr. Letscher's madcap poetry revolves." - Maureen Mullarkey, New York Sun. Opening Reception: March 9, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Mar 11 Story of the Middle Passage 
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, 1800 N. Congress
(512) 936-4649, thestoryoftexas.com
In the 17th century, merchant slave ships like the Henrietta Marie followed a triangular route from England to Africa to the Americas and back to England. The second course of the route, the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, is known as the Middle Passage. Find out what that journey meant for Africans taken on ships to be sold as slaves. Join the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in a special collaboration with the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center for a fascinating program for all ages. Free with Exhibit Admission.
Mar 11 That's a WRAP!! 
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Austin Museum of Art, 823 Congress
(512) 495-9224, amoa.org
Second Saturdays are for Families - Visit Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Wurth Museum Collection and explore how the artists have transformed everyday things by wrapping everything from a shovel, a road sign, and a table and chairs to entire bridges and buildings! Then visit our Community Room where we'll use printmaking techniques to create our own wrapping paper for you to take home and wrap something of your own. Drop in and create! $7 per family; Members $5. This event does not require an RSVP.
Mar 11-12 FACET 2006 - Austin Artists Harvest 
Palmer Events Center, Barton Springs Rd.
(512) 302-5029, artistsharvest.com
The 40th Annual Artists Harvest FACET Show has something that will fire the imagination and heart of every fine are collector. From fine jewelry to large abstract oils; from wood carved boxes and fine ornamental eggs; from abstracts to representational; the art at Artists Harvest has it all. Works are from throughout Texas and provide the viewer with a large representation of the variety of fine art available in our state. Admission $7.00, Seniors $5.00, Under 12 free.
Mar 14-May 5 Robert Therrien 
Lora Reynolds Gallery, 300 West Avenue, #1318
(512) 215-4965, lorareynolds.com
Lora Reynolds Gallery is hosting Austin's first solo exhibition by internationally known artist Robert Therrien, who has been recognized as one of the most innovative and unique American artists working today. His work is among the collections of many major international public and private collections. Opening Reception and Talk with Dana Friis-Hansen, Executive Director of the Austin Museum of Art, Saturday, March 18, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Still On Display Downtown...
To 3/11: The Gospel of Lead, Arthouse at the JonesCenter, arthousetexas.org
To 3/19: RED, Alberto Castro Leñero, Mexic-Arte Museum, mexic-artemuseum.org
To 3/19: José Clemente Orozco, Mexic-Arte Museum, mexic-artemuseum.org
To 3/25: Sunyong Chung Porcelain, Artworks, artworksaustin.com
To 3/25: Angela Fraleigh, Women & Their Work, womenandtheirwork.org
To 3/25: Pulse, f8 Fine Art Gallery, f8fineart.com
To 4/15: A Slave Ship Speaks, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, thestoryoftexas.com
To 4/29: Christo and Jeanne Claude, Austin Museum of Art, amoa.org
To 8/5: The Image Wrought, Harry Ransom Center, hrc.utexas.edu
To 8/5: Technologies of Writing, Harry Ransom Center, hrc.utexas.edu
To 9/24: Air Fair -It'll Blow You Away! Austin Children's Museum, austinkids.org
To 2/2007: The People's Gallery at City Hall, ci.austin.tx.us
